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     Rock'n Roll Doctor's OS/2 3.0 Warp DOS Session Settings for running
        Synchronet 2.00g - Sysop of Rock'n Roll Harbour 3o5-474-5383
             Internet E-mail Address:       rockroll@shadow.net
                   Compiled [12/25/94 at nearly 3:00 am]
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            Equipment used and how I got it all to configure:

486DX2-66       AMI BIOS
8 megs of RAM
Adaptec 1542CF SCSI controller  IRQ 11
Toshiba 538 1.2 gig SCSI hard drive  ID 0 
Fujutisu 1.0 gig SCSI hard drive     ID 1
Serial card with two 16550 UART ports using IRQ3 for COM2 and IRQ5 for COM3
The mouse using IRQ4 for COM1.
My Pro Audio Spectrum 16 is using IRQ7 for the SB emulation and the Pro
Audio itself is using IRQ10.  This card uses 2 separate IRQ's.

Node 1 is running a USR Dual 28.8 V.Everything (upgraded from a 16.8)
Node 2 is running a USR Dual 16.8 V.32bis/V.42bis

The new OS/2 Warp now allows the sound cards to share IRQ's with printers
where OS/2 2.1 would not allow it.

I have OS/2 installed on my G: partition.  I am using the OS/2 Boot Manager.
C: is my DOS boot partition and G: is a 50 meg partition with OS/2 only
installed on it.

C: is my plain DOS partition.
D: is an HPFS (High Perforance File System)
E: is an HPFS partition
F: is an HPFS partition
G: is a plain DOS partition
H: is an HPFS partition

When you run a DOS session under OS/2, you can format your partition to be
a High Performance File System by doing FORMAT x: /FS:HPFS (where x is the
partition you select on your hard drive.)

Once you create a HPFS partition, you can then do a straight copy from your
DOS partitions over to it and run ALL of your DOS programs from your new
High Performance partitions ONLY FROM WITHIN OS/2.  If you use the Boot
Manager and Boot DOS, DOS will not recognize your HPFS drives at all.  So
if you have any games that you can't get OS/2 to play the music and sound,
don't install them on a High Performance File System.

On my system, C:\ is where all of my original DOS programs were.
D:\ is now an HPFS where I keep all of my data downloads
E:\ is an HPFS system where I keep DOS programs.
I couldn't get my copy of WARP to install OS/2 itself on an HPFS during
the installation procedure, so I just let it install as FAT.  I'm disgusted
with this, but there was nothing I could get it to do to make it work.
There must be a bug in the installation.

                        To clear any misconceptions:
THE HPFS SYSTEM DOES NOT LIMIT YOU TO RUNNING OS/2 PROGRAMS!!!  You can
run everything on it!  You just have to be under OS/2 to use the partition
once you have it formatted.  It's faster than DOS's FAT system and less
likely to give you problems.  From what I heard, it does not fragment.
One note:  You can't use programs like Norton's Disk Doctor or anything
like that on it, but you can run everything else.  You can install all of
your Windows programs on an HPFS.  When I first heard of HPFS, I thought
it was special for OS/2 programs.  It's not!  It runs everything.

OS/2 is MUCH, MUCH more stable than Windows.  I installed Warp at my place
of employment and connected to a Novell Server using the "Netware Requester"
software, which you can download free from CompuServe.  It's like 4 disks or
so.  I have a 486DX2-66 at work with 8 megs of RAM and I ran 10 programs at
once and they blow the doors off Windows for Work Groups booted from DOS.

I was running the following sessions simutaneously:
1 Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 (which is a major hog under regular Windows)
2 FoxPro 2.5 for DOS under a DOS session
3 FoxPro 2.0 for DOS under a DOS session
4 Novell's PCONSOLE
5 Novell's SYSCON
6 LIST.COM
7 FORMAT (formatting a blank 1.44 diskette)
8 A DOS editor
And a couple of other DOS text programs totally 9 sessions at once.  I was
using TAME /I 5 to minimize keyboard polling for each application and I could
QUICKLY change between all running applications - WHILE THE DISK WAS BEING
FORMATTED!  I would just press CTRL-ESC and switch to whatever I wanted to
effortlessly without having to wait like I do under any version of Windows.

I tried to run just 2 applications under Windows '95 (December Beta CD vers.)
and FORMAT a disk at the same time, and while it was formatting, I did a
DIR from another Windows and it was a MAJOR, MAJOR HOG!  Windows '95 is
G-A-R-B-A-G-E in my opinion.  It looks pretty, but it's still slow.
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In a SBBS Node 1 icon I use:

Path and filename:
C:\SBBS\NODE1\SBBS.BAT

Working Directory
C:\SBBS\NODE1



                     My Synchronet Batch file: [SBBS.BAT]
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SET SBBSNODE=C:\SBBS\NODE1
SET PKNOFASTCHAR=NONE
SET GSZWINDOW=24
..\exec\sbbs %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
if errorlevel 1 pause
exit
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Here is my current OS/2 Warp settings for Synchronet 2.00g.  I have all of my 
Ray Gwynn's SIO files installed in C:\SIO.

Node 1 DOS settings for C:\SBBS\NODE1

Audio_Adapter_sharing           Optional
DOS_Autoexec                    G:\AUTOEXEC
DOS_Background_execution        ON
DOS_Break                       ON
DOS_Device                      C:\SIO\VX00.SYS    <- YOU NEED THIS!!
** Make sure you have unzipped Ray Gwynn's SIO drivers into C:\SIO
DOS_FCBS                        16                 <- Default
DOS_FCBS_KEEP                   8                  <- Default
DOS_Files                       30
DOS_High                        ON
DOS_Lastdrive                   Z                  <- Default
DOS_RMSize                      640                <- Default
DOS_Shell                       G:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM G:\OS2\MDOS
DOS_Startup_Drive               < LEAVE BLANK >
DOS_UMB                         ON
DOS_VERSION                     <Leave defaults>
DPMI_DOS_API                    AUTO               <- Default
DPMI_Memory_Limit               4
DPMI_Network_Buff_Size          8
EMS_Frame_Location              Auto
EMS_High_OS_Map_Region          32
EMS_Low_OS_Map_Region           384
EMS_Memory_Limit                2048
HW_Nosound                      ON   <- Make on so computer never beeps
HW_ROM_TO_RAM                   OFF  <- You may wanna experiment
HW_Timer                        OFF  <- Leave off to run fast
IDLE_Seconds                    0
IDLE_Sensitivity                0
INT_During_IO                   OFF
Session_Priority                1   <- Make all other running DOS apps same
SIO_Allow_Access_COM1           OFF
SIO_Allow_Access_COM2           ON  <- My node 1 is running on COM2
SIO_Allow_Access_COM3           OFF
SIO_Allow_Access_COM4           OFF
SIO_IDLE_Sensitivity            100
SIO_Screen_Kludge               OFF
SIO_Share_Access_With_OS2       ON
SIO_Virtualize_16550A           ON <- Without a 16550 serial card, you're
                                      screwed.  GET ONE if you don't have one.
SIO_Virtualize_COM_Ports        ON
Video_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP          ON
Video_Fastpaste                 OFF
Video_Mode_Restriction          NONE <- or maybe you could try CGA
Video_ROM_Emulation             OFF  <- Leave this off!
Video_Window_Refresh            1
XMS_Handles                     32
XMS_Memory_Limit                2048
XMS_Minimum_HMA                 0


Here is the CONFIG.SYS that Warp uses.  Lines with two *'s are my
added comment lines for this document; they are not in my original CONFIG.SYS.
**You need the first line is you use HPFS - otherwise, REM it out.
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ifs=G:\OS2\INSTALL\HPFS.IFS /cache:512 /crecl:4 /autocheck:fghD
PROTSHELL=G:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET USER_INI=G:\OS2\OS2.INI
SET SYSTEM_INI=G:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
SET OS2_SHELL=G:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS,CONNECTIONS,LAUNCHPAD
SET RUNWORKPLACE=G:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET COMSPEC=G:\OS2\CMD.EXE
LIBPATH=.;G:\OS2\DLL;G:\OS2\MDOS;G:\;G:\OS2\APPS\DLL;G:\MMOS2\DLL;e:\tcpip\dll;e:\TCPIP\UMAIL;
SET PATH=G:\OS2;G:\OS2\SYSTEM;G:\OS2\INSTALL;G:\;G:\OS2\MDOS;G:\OS2\APPS;G:\MMOS2;e:\tcpip\bin;e:\TCPIP\UMAIL;C:\WINDOWS
SET DPATH=G:\OS2;G:\OS2\SYSTEM;G:\OS2\INSTALL;G:\;G:\OS2\BITMAP;G:\OS2\MDOS;G:\OS2\APPS;G:\MMOS2;G:\MMOS2\INSTALL;C:\WINDOWS
SET PROMPT=$i[$p]
SET HELP=G:\OS2\HELP;G:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;G:\MMOS2\HELP;e:\tcpip\help;e:\TCPIP\UMAIL;
SET GLOSSARY=G:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
SET IPF_KEYS=SBCS
PRIORITY_DISK_IO=NO
** Change priority to NO to speed it up a little>
FILES=20
BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
DEVICE=G:\cma_q80g.sys
BUFFERS=90
IOPL=YES
DISKCACHE=384,LW,32,AC:C
** Change your Diskcache setting to this line if you're using DOS and HPFS.
** And have 8 megs or RAM or more.
**
**If running a BBS, change MAXWAIT from = 3 to = 1 and add the statement
**PRIORITY=DYNAMIC
PRIORITY=DYNAMIC
MAXWAIT=1
MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=h:\SWAP 2048 4096
BREAK=OFF
THREADS=256
PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
COUNTRY=001,G:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
SET KEYS=ON
SET BOOKSHELF=G:\OS2\BOOK;G:\MMOS2;
SET SOMIR=G:\OS2\ETC\SOM.IR;G:\OS2\ETC\WPSH.IR;G:\OS2\ETC\WPDSERV.IR
SET SOMDDIR=G:\OS2\ETC\DSOM
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512;F:\DELETE,512;G:\DELETE,512;H:\DELETE,512;
SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,30;D:\DELETE,50
BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM2FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=XDFLOPPY.FLT
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
SET EPMPATH=G:\OS2\APPS;
PROTECTONLY=NO
SHELL=G:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM G:\OS2\MDOS
FCBS=16,8
RMSIZE=640
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
DOS=LOW,NOUMB
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VW32S.SYS
** OS/2 put these in since I use Windows for Workgroups under OS/2
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
BASEDEV=AHA154X.ADD
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
DEVICE=G:\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS SERIAL=COM1 
REM DEVICE=G:\OS2\BOOT\COM.SYS
REM DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\SIO\SIO.SYS (2,2f8,3) (3,3e8,5) (4, internet:2e8,none:9)
DEVICE=C:\SIO\VSIO.SYS
** REM out the COM.SYS and VCOM.SYS lines and add those two SIO lines above.
** They replace OS/2's comm drivers and they work MUCH, MUCH better.
** The "(4, internet:2e8,none:9)" is a virtual comm port for use with VMODEM
** that comes with the SIO drivers.  It's only used if you have OS/2 using
** a SLIP or PPP connection on the Internet.  This allows me to use COM4
** as a fake modem on COM4 when I have an established SLIP or PPP connection.
** With it, I can type ATDT 199.3.36.205 as if it were on a regular phone
** line, but it's actually through Internet and call this BBS.  I can then
** open another Window and dial another address again through Internet
**  simutanously!  See the doc, VMODEM.TXT for details if you're on Internet!!!
CODEPAGE=437,850
DEVINFO=KBD,US,G:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,G:\OS2\BOOT\VIOTBL.DCP
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
DEVICE=G:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
DEVICE=G:\MMOS2\MVPRODD.SYS /I:10 /D:3 /N:PAS161$
DEVICE=G:\MMOS2\AUDIOVDD.SYS PAS161$
SET MMBASE=G:\MMOS2;
SET DSPPATH=G:\MMOS2\DSP;
SET NCDEBUG=4000
DEVICE=G:\MMOS2\SSMDD.SYS
DEVICE=G:\MMOS2\R0STUB.SYS
SET ETC=e:\tcpip\etc
SET TMP=e:\tcpip\tmp
** These were added by my Internet software
DEVICE=e:\tcpip\bin\inet.sys
DEVICE=e:\tcpip\bin\ifndisnl.sys
DEVICE=e:\tcpip\bin\vdostcp.vdd
DEVICE=e:\tcpip\bin\vdostcp.sys
RUN=e:\tcpip\bin\cntrl.exe
RUN=e:\tcpip\bin\vdosctl.exe
SET telnet.password.id=rockroll
SET HOSTNAME=rockroll.shadow.net
** If you are using IBM's PPP software with Internet, add these SET TELNET
** and SET HOSTNAME lines with your ID and local home site.
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This is my OS/2 AUTOEXEC.BAT file, NOT THE DOS ONE!  There are two different
AUTOEXEC.BAT files on your system.  This one is on my G: drive where OS/2
resides since I use the Boot Manager.  If you did not re-partition your hard
drive for the Boot Manager, then you have to use the DUAL BOOT option which is
a pain in the butt.  Whenever you type BOOT /DOS from an OS/2 window, it has
to sit there and copy all of the old DOS CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT from the
OS2\BOOT directory to your C: and then it changes some stuff on your partition
table and then reboots.  The Boot Manager option, from my personal experience,
is MUCH, MUCH faster and safer than Dual Boot.  The way I have mine set up,
OS/2 stays on its own partition all by itself and it doesn't mess with
anything else that I have.  No files to copy or rename or nothing.  If worst
comes to worse and OS/2 completely craps out and stops working or gets
corrupted, then all you have to do is RUN FDISK from a floppy and change the
ACTIVE STATUS to ON on your C: drive to make it boot back to DOS as if nothing
ever happened.
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@ECHO OFF
ECHO.
PROMPT $i$p$g
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512;F:\DELETE,512;G:\DELETE,512;H:\DELETE,512;
PATH=G:\OS2;G:\OS2\MDOS;G:\;C:\WINDOWS;C:\utils;C:\dos;e:\tcpip\dos\bin;c:\fpd26
LOADHIGH APPEND G:\OS2;G:\OS2\SYSTEM
SET TMP=G:\
LOADHIGH DOSKEY FINDFILE=DIR /A /S /B $*
DOSKEY EDIT=QBASIC/EDITOR $*
REM SET DIRCMD=/A
@SET ETC=e:\tcpip\dos\etc
REM c:\sbbs\exec\svdmansi.com
** This SVDMANSI.COM caused my BBS to crash.  OS/2 would report 
** SYS3170 Unexpected error when I had this line in use.
REM E:\TAME\TAME /I 5
SET TZ=EST5EDT
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** Add this SET TZ line and put your current timezone settings in it if you
** are on the Internet.

Without the SVDMANSI.COM running, users won't be able to view files when
they press "V" to view a PKZIP file.  It will display on your end, but not
over the modem.  When I ran this file, it fixed the display problem, but
would crash my BBS every single day.  So as of now, not being able to view
ZIP files is my only quark.

I REMmed out the E:\TAME option because when I have it running and try to
use QPEG to view JPG's or GIF's, it makes it display REALLY SLOW.  Otherwise,
it's great for using other DOS apps.  TRY IT!

Well... I guess this is it.  I hope some of my examples here will help
somebody out there.


Rock'n Roll Doctor - Rock'n Roll Harbour BBS - 305-474-5383 - Ft. Laud, Fla.
